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Babelaas
hangover
Bakkie
a small pick-up truck
Bathu
Shoes
Berg
Mountain
Bergie
Vagrant
Biltong
Salty dried beef (similar to beef jerky)
Boerewors
Spicy sausage common at braais
Boet
Brother
Boma
Bush enclave (most often found in game reserves)
Braai
Outdoor barbeque
Cherrie
Young pretty woman or girlfriend
Chow
Food
Diski
Football
Dorp
Small town
Echi
Matches
Gaelo
Train
Howzit
A common greeting meaning how are you? Or how are things?
 Ikara
Car
Inyanga
Traditional African spiritualist
Jol
The party or big fun. [Can be used as a verb, adjective and noun].
Just now
In a while
Kasi
Township
Koeksuster
A super-sweet Afrikaner delicacy
Kwaito
SA’s homegrown version of hip hop
Lekker
Great or very good

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